5 to 6 cooking apples - Rome Apples a good choice
3/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons corn starch
2 tablespoons lemon juice or 1 tablespoon vinegar
3 tablespoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
3 tablespoons butter
dash of salt
2 pie crusts (top and bottom)
| | Peel and slice apples. Add lemon juice and toss. Sprinkle some of sugar and cinnamon in bottom of crust. Add 1 tablespoon of corn starch. Put half of apple slices in crust. Add half of sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and 1 tablespoon corn starch. Repeat layering of apples, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg and cornstarch. Apples will pile high in pie crust. Dot with butter. Top apples with second crust. Seal crust. Cut vents in top. Bake 50 to 60 minutes or until done. Yield: 8 servings.
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